Read a transcript of this episode on FT.comhttps://www.ft.com/content/699883ef-69b7-425f-a149-915268ccac82US consumer prices for November are expected to have increased at the fastest pace in nearly 40 years, and workers at a Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, have voted to become the coffee shop chain’s first unionised store in the US. Plus, FT markets editor, Katie Martin, explains why investors are shrugging off the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. US consumer prices expected to log biggest annual gain since 1982 - with Colby Smith https://www.ft.com/content/f355feab-e9f0-4dfc-bcd7-1759983dfb16Markets: variant, what variant? - with Katie Martin https://www.ft.com/content/c9a674a8-a961-4f7b-be1f-7a6922526296Starbucks workers approve first US union at Buffalo store - with Taylor Nicole Rogers https://www.ft.com/content/99653893-e23a-47ef-be04-6076b7a6e5b3Sackler name to be removed from Metropolitan Museum of Art gallerieshttps://www.ft.com/content/2a898811-ddce-40fc-a736-f538ec31d58dThe FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Gavin Kallmann and Michael Bruning. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.